[SATLUG] pop e-mail question

[Eli Cantu]

Quoting Martin <mjordan at iphysh.com>:

> I'm trying to eliminate MS Windows as much as possible and after some
> research I discover that the main reason for my continued use of Windows is
> e-mail. I have several thousand business related e-mail in Outlook XP that I
> need to transfer to a Linux compatible program. I know that just about any
> program can import the Outlook .pst but I don't want to get suck in some
> format with a program that I don't like due to a non-standard file type. I
> am look for some advise as to which standard file type to export my Outlook
> data that could be imported in "any" mail program. (IMAP?) The ideal
> solution would be to set-up some sort of database that I could sync my two
> notebooks with regardless of mail program and keep an absolute identical
> copy on both system. Does anyone have some suggestions to accomplish any or
> all of this?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Martin

If you just want access to your email archive from any system, definitely use
imap. You need to have access to a server that supports it.

If for example, you get/make an account on an imap server, you could connect to
it with Outlook Express and then push your archived mail to the imap mailbox.
Then any mail client that supports imap can access those archived emails.

~e



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